Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE

Most recent
update: September 12, 2014.

Pusey & Jones started in business in 1848,
organized by Joshua Pusey and John Jones and was a major 19th-century
shipbuilder, with an impressive volume of business in South America. A second shipyard was added for
the WWI effort, in Gloucester City NJ: see its table
here. It was an early participant in the WWII
shipbuilding program, its two ways being increased to three in the second wave of
shipbuilding expansion. After WWII, Pusey &
Jones converted the shipyard's facilities for the manufacture of paper-making machinery
but the company closed in 1959. Pusey & Jones' hull numbering system is a
bit odd: they had reached 364 when they got their first US Shipping Board
contract and they promptly started again at 1001, with both series running
in parallel until 1941. The shipyard was located on East Front
Street, east of South Walnut Street, where the Opera House is now: see it
from the air on Google
here. If anyone can fill any of the gaps
in the table below, please e-mail me at
timcolton@aol.com